International Center for Language Studies, Inc.

Washington,  D.C.

 

 

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The mission of ICLS is to offer language training programs which will enable a student to speak the target language the way a native speaker does, to understand it with comparable ease, and to read and write it at a level proficient enough to be able to undertake a full-time program at a university, or perform job-related or other equally demanding tasks.

To this end, ICLS has designed an integrated curriculum that targets the four skills of a language. The curriculum emphasizes the development of the target language and the mastery of its sounds both in speaking and listening. The principle activity in the classroom involves Induced Discourse, which is a continuous interchange between student and teacher. New elements of the language are systematically introduced so that the student learns something new by using them to communicate. There is constant attention to the development of native-like sounds and an understanding of the nuances of a language as it is spoken by native speakers. Courses are regularly revised and updated.

ICLS emphasizes productive teacher-student relationships and the fostering of the best possible learning environment. The Center employs a carefully selected and highly effective teaching staff which promotes the philosophy of teaching at ICLS as well as other developments in the field.

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